To evaluate the mass of the internet, analysts multiplied the mass of ONE electron (9,1 x 10 to the power of 31) plus the common weight which powers this electron WITH the number of electrons required to post and keep web data in the our planet. They wound up with the total weight of 50 grammes. This might be a surprisingly trivial number given the ubiquitousness of internet in our everyday life.
But, if electrons have weight then by what means do they change the weight of our everyday equipment (notebooks, iPod’s, iPad’s etc.)? Indeed, the weight of the devices bit by bit increases with the increase in the amount of data. To be more precise, this increase of weight is due to the increase of weight of the particular electrons which need more energy to store data. Having said that, this rise of weight is evidently small and unquestionably impossible to dicern by the user.
Hopefully, this article helped you to look at the internet and data in a whole new perspective.
Read also: Let’s Weigh The Internet (Or Maybe Let’s Not) in which ROBERT KRULWICH gives the updated weight of the internet but also of a post that goes viral or an email.
One Email = ‘Two Ten Thousanths Of A Quadrillionth Of An Ounce’
Research laboratory balances, depending on the efficiency of the measure can be divided into: industrial precision balances, semi-microanalysis weights and analytical balances. These and the other may be a common or professional. The latter have the top specs and are very ergonomic. Usually also feature a touch screen and a printer, which is used to print the measurement part of the reports.
In the course of the centuries the most recognizable category of weights used were ‘traditional’ beam balances. The introduction of electricity reformed the weighing industry. Since the 19th century many new types of weights (based on electricity) have come into view. Some of the examples of electricity-powered balances used nowadays are:
The earliest evidence of the use of balances can be traced to 2400-1800 B.C. There are also many convincing traces which suggest that weighing system was broadly used by the Egyptian civilization. The first recorded form of a weighing device other than the balance occurred in 400 B.C. and was known as the Bismar.
Digital and precision scales belong to the inventions of the digital age. A digital scale is a weighing device in which the weight or mass of a material is displayed in digital numbers. Today, precision balances most commonly can be found in the pharmaceutical industry and chemical companies.
Before buying a milligram scale one needs to take into consideration the two following factors:
The history of analytical lab balance dates back to 1945 when Mettler Toledo company founder Erhard Mettler introduced the first Single-pan analytical balance. Large-scale production of Toledo weights began in 1946. Nearly three decades later, in 1971, the first nanogram balance was introduced.